/** Start agent scheduler thread. Should be called once at init time. */
public synchronized void startThread() {
if (agentThread == null) {
agentThread = new AgentThread(getName());
agentThread.start(); // causes the run method to execute in the AgentThread below
} else {
agentThread.interrupt(); // don't worry about this for now
}
}
// In this implementation, nothing calls stopThread().
// When we have a user interface to agents, this can be called.
public void stopThread() {
if (agentThread != null) {
agentThread.stopAgent();
agentThread = null;
}
}